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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / July 2004Second Opinion
I feel like such a dumbass for listening to my "doctors." I've had problems with my sinuses off and on for a long time. I went to a GP and the doctor told me that there were some real problems that needed to be looked at straight away. She indicated cancer as a possibility and said she would pray for me and recommended an ENT. I went to the ENT and had him look at the problem area and he said it wasn't a cancer but that I had other problem with my sinuses that could only be resolved through surgery. He came to this conclusion with simple diagnostic tools like looking at mt ears, throat and in my nose. Never any suggestion of xrays or cat scans. Not having insurance at the time I couldn't afford the $4k plus he wanted to do the job so I essentially suffered with a slowly worsening problem. I used a jala neti and a hydro-pulse as well as some OTC remedies and various snake oils and herbs with varying degrees of success. I took this ENT's word as gospel and just suffered through. I recently had occasion to visit a GP for a sinus infection that was hurting my teeth and ear on one side. She's not actually a MD, she's a nurse practioner. When asked about other health problems I mentioned my sinuses and she had a look. She gave me Zithromax, Claritin, Mucinex, and Rhinocort Aqua. The infection slowly cleared up and I started feeling a little better every day. It's been two weeks and I feel better than I have in years. I wake up clear and refreshed, no more weird smells, my ears feel wide open, my breath is fresh, and I have more energy. I really feel good and I go out walking and biking everyday. What really gets me is that this ENT essentially did nothing. He charged me $175 USD for a five minute visit and said "you need surgery" and sent me on my way to feel like crap for the next couple of years. I don't know where I'm going with this letter, I just started writing. I'm pissed at these doctors and feel like there is a part of my life where the full pleasure of living has been needlessly taken away. If anyone gets the bum's rush like I did I hope you find a better doctor. I wish everyone the best and I feel truly blessed by my newfound health. I just saw a general practioner two days ago that actually got crappy with me because I was irrigating, garling with salt water, and taking vitamins. He was something else, he kept reminding me I was *just a lay person* and to stop with all the big words and diagnosis. The guy was a punk; yet he was a MD. > I just saw a general practioner two days ago that > actually got crappy with me because I was irrigating, > garling with salt water, and taking vitamins. He > was something else, he kept reminding me I was *just > a lay person* and to stop with all the big words and > diagnosis. The guy was a punk; yet he was a MD. One ENT I saw got crappy with me for suggesting fungus and mycoplasma as possible causes. She said "I'm not going to test you for it and I'm not going to treat you for it". I never went back. > One ENT I saw got crappy with me for suggesting fungus > and mycoplasma as possible causes. She said "I'm not > going to test you for it and I'm not going to treat you > for it". I never went back. Wow. What the heck is wrong with testing to know for sure ... That is so ridiculous. And, I don't get it. I thought that these people were eductated in how to interact in a positive way with their patients. My experiance lately is that their ego's are being challenged because "lay people" are coming in with knowledge that the patients were not privy to in years past ... My experiance the other day makes me want to go to med school, seeing how I was already using all of the forbidden words ... ( the guy actually told me to stop saying "sinus infection" because I wasn't qualified to make a diagnosis!) >I just saw a general practioner two days ago that >actually got crappy with me because I was irrigating, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- Hello, I am sorry these people act in such a manner, especially when they are supposed to be helping a person helplessly in pain and paying for help. The only difference between him and you is he has a license to help you get well and charge you for it. His having a license doesnot automatically make you stupid, as a matter of fact i am sure you know more about your body than does he. I have a wonderful Doc. that helps me get well, even when i do come up with crazy ideas he just protects me from myself, and makes sure i make no tragic mistakes. Your Doc. has ego mania and isnot interested in you as a person. For God sakes go shopping for a real man/woman that really wants to help YOU, and not only himself to your Medical Insurance. If you have sinus trouble you really should be seeing an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, and your Doc Quack should have sent you to one my now. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + MustRead! http://WWW.PAMINIFARM.COM "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6 It's been 15 days since I started my latest therapy. I completed the Zithromazx in three doses so that drug is finished. I'm continuing with the Rhinocort Aqua and Claritin and I still feel great. I just hope it lasts. I'm still using my hydropulse and neti pot. More for the effect of removing irritants like dust and molds that I may be exposed to. I fix pc's and some are quite dusty. I make sure I go outside when blowing the dust out but I still get a nose full sometimes by accident. > I feel like such a dumbass for listening to my "doctors." > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > If anyone gets the bum's rush like I did I hope you find a better doctor. I > wish everyone the best and I feel truly blessed by my newfound health. >I feel like such a dumbass for listening to my "doctors." > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >If anyone gets the bum's rush like I did I hope you find a better doctor. I >wish everyone the best and I feel truly blessed by my newfound health. Hello, How come you donot wear a simple, little surgical face mask? You have sinusitis and as soon as the medication wears off it will be back in all its fury. As i have said elsewhere on this board: Mayo Clinc has just found 96% of sinus problems are fungal. You need to go to an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist that knows about the Mayo Clinic therapy with the Amphotericin B deoxycholate nasal lavage wash. Please listen to me: this is NEW. They have finally accepted the fact it is FUNGAL. Probably because the bug spray that was supposed to be safe for humans, which is a fungus, is now showing up in our sinuses as sinus disease of the-new-kind. Ha . . . Donot take Amphotericin B deoxycholate any other way, but nasal, because it causes heart attack . . . Believe me, big trouble is a brewing . . . Corporate Society does it again . . . with their stupid, greed-stricken inventions. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + MustRead! http://WWW.PAMINIFARM.COM "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6 Again, The surgical mask is a simple idea that I didn't think of. Thank-you > >I feel like such a dumbass for listening to my "doctors." > > [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > MustRead! http://WWW.PAMINIFARM.COM > "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6 ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ > Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Accounts Starting At $6.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com > <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><> You are lucky. If you went through that needless surgery, your entirely could have been taken away. GPs are the most useless professional workers that I came across. Majority of ENTs are too arrogant and lazy to dignose a condition properly. They are using the assembly line approach to the waiting line of patients. You see, with 5 mins, he earn $175, with a possible $4k for 1/2 hours of surgery. If he checked your condition carefully, and cured it with normal medication, he earn much less in term of revenue per time. Never trust a privately practice clinician. With 1 hours checking your condition, > Again, The surgical mask is a simple idea that I didn't think of. Thank-you > [quoted text clipped - 85 lines] > > <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source > <><><><><><><><> >How come you donot wear a simple, little surgical face mask? >You have sinusitis and as soon as the medication wears off it >will be back in all its fury. As i have said elsewhere on >this board: Mayo Clinc has just found 96% of sinus problems >are fungal. That study is years old, actually, and it did *not* conclude that 96% of sinus infections are caused by fungi. Moreover, most other universities and researchers have largely discounted the findings. >You need to go to an Ear, Nose and Throat >Specialist that knows about the Mayo Clinic therapy with >the Amphotericin B deoxycholate nasal lavage wash. Most people here who have tried this appraoch have not found it to be useful. |
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